The fight was for the UFC lighteight title with Frank Edgar defending. Gray Maynard came into the fight undefeated. The fight ended in a controversial draw and an immediate rematch was scheduled.
The Fight[]
The first round began. Edgar landed an inside kick. Four thirty-five. Four fifteen. Edgar landed a leg kick. Four minutes. Maynard dropped Edgar with a left hook. Edgar stood and dropped with an uppercut. Three thirty-five. Edgar stood eating three uppercuts and dropped. Maynard had the back. Edgar stood and dropped from three big rights. Three fifteen as Maynard landed big lefts in under. Big lefts. Edgar stood to the standing back. Maynard was all over him. Three minutes as Edgar turtled up. Edgar's nose was bloody. Edgar stood to the clinch. The crowd cheered. They broke. Two thirty-five. Maynard landed another left hook. Maynard stuffed a single turtling him up. Edgar stood to the clinch. Two fifteen. Edgar stuffed a trip. They broke. Two minutes. Maynard landed an uppercut and a right and dropped Edgar with a left hook. Edgar turtled up again. He stood and broke. Edgar ran. Maynard landed a big right and Edgar dropped and turtled up. One thirty. Maynard had the back. Edgar stood and broke and ran. Edgar landed a right. One fifteen. One minute. Thirty-five. Edgar landed a left hook. Fifteen. Maynard landed a right. Maynard missed a knee. Edgar landed a right to the body. The first round ended. 'After you throw, move your head and dip,' Edgar's corner said. 'He gassed at the end.' Maynard had a cut under his left eye. Maynard's round, I'll say 10-8 at least. The second round began. Maynard blocked a high kick. Four thirty-five. Edgar landed a leg kick. Edgar landed a right hand. Four fifteen. Four minutes. Three thirty-five. Edgar landed a right hand and a leg kick. Three fifteen. Three minutes. Edgar landed a biiiig right hand. Two thirty-five remaining. Edgar landed an inside kick. Maynard blocked a high kick. Edgar stuffed a double easily. Two fifteen. Two minutes. Maynard threw 97 punches in the first round. Edgar hit Maynard with a right. One thirty-five as the crowd chanted Frankie. Edgar got a big double slam. One fifteen. They stood and broke. One minute. Edgar missed an inside kick. Maynard landed a left hook. Thirty-five. Edgar landed another nice right. Maynard's mouse under his left eye was swelling. Fifteen. Maynard stuffed a single and ate a right hand. Edgar landed another. The second round ended. That was Edgar's round, 10-9. 'You're trying to knock his ass out. Just beat him up. You don't need to knock him out. That'll come,' Randy said. The third round began. Edgar missed an inside kick. Four thirty-five. Edgar landed another right grazing. Edgar landed a body kick and a jab. He landed a leg kick. Four fifteen. Four minutes remaining. Edgar landed a leg kick. Three thirty-five. Three fifteen. Edgar landed a jab. Three minutes. Edgar stuffed a single and landed a few dirty boxing uppercuts. Two thirty-five. Two fifteen. Edgar landed a body kick partially caught. Edgar stuffed another single. Two minutes left now. Maynard landed a left hook. One thirty-five. Maynard landed a right to the body and another right. Maynard landed an uppercut and the nose was bleeding. One fifteen. Mayard landed a left hook. Maynard landed a leg kick. One minute as he blocked a high kick. Edgar landed a nice leg kick. Maynard caught a leg kick. Edgar stuffed it and worked a kimura. Maynard got a double there. Thirty-five. Edgar stood to the standing back. Edgar dropped to half-guard for the kimura there. Maynard passed to side. Fifteen. Edgar retained half-guard. Edgar locked up a tight guillotine with guard but the third round ended. I'd... give that to Maynard honestly. 'He cannot handle you going left,' Edgar's corner told him. 'You gotta win the next two,' they said. 'That was a close fucking round,' Randy told Maynard. Agreed. The fourth round began. Edgar landed an uppercut. Edgar got a single. He had a guillotine as Maynard was on one knee. It was tight. Four thirty-five. Maynard stood to the clinch defending it... Edgar kneed the body. He broke. Four fifteen as Edgar got another double. He worked another guillotine from the top. Four minutes. He had the back. Maynard stood to the clinch. They broke away. Three thirty-five. Maynard blocked a body kick, ate a leg kick. Edgar stuffed a single shoving Maynard away. Three fifteen. Three minutes. Maynard landed a jab. Edgar stuffed a single. Maynard stuffed one himself. Edgar grazed with a right. Two thirty-five. Edgar kneed the face inside. Two fifteen. Edgar landed a right hand. Maynard stuffed a double. Two minutes. Edgar landed four big lefts as they stood to the clinch completely. Edgar kneed to the legs. They broke away. One thirty-five. One fifteen. Edgar landed a jab and another. One minute. Edgar landed an uppercut. Maynard stuffed a double. Thirty-five. Edgar landed a jab. Fifteen. Edgar landed an inside kick. The fourth round ended. That was Edgar's round easy. 'You have to win this round,' Edgar's corner told him. 'Do not let this guy take this from you, you're gonna get that fucking belt baby,' Maynard's corner told him. The fifth round began. Maynard blocked a high kick. Four thirty-five. Edgar landed a nice switch leg kick. Four fifteen. Four minutes. Three thirty. Maynard landed a left hook nicely. Three fifteen left as Edgar stuffed a single. Edgar stuffed a double kneeing the body. Three minutes remaining. Edgar stuffed another single. Maynard kneed the face and they broke. Two thirty-five left. Edgar stuffed a double, Maynard kneed the body and ate one. Maynard stuffed a single. Two fifteen. Edgar landed a right. Two minutes. Maynard landed a jab. Edgar stuffed a double. One thirty-five. Maynard stuffed a single. One fifteen. Edgar stuffed a double. One minute. Maynard landed a right. Edgar landed an uppercut and a right. Maynard landed a left hook. Thirty-five as Edgar stuffed ANOTHER single to the clinch. They broke. Fifteen as Edgar stuffed a single easily. They exchanged. Maynard swung wildly. They exchanged. The fifth round ended and both men raised their arms. Edgar's round. Yep after rewatching this, I certainly score it a solid 47-47 draw. It was the right decision. 48-46 Maynard, 48-46 Edgar, and 47-47, it was a draw. The crowd booed. Both men looked disappointed.